About Us?

PMC Partners

Yves GASQUERES, Chairman and Managing Director

Yves GasqueresDegree from the Sorbonne in Economic Science and a degree from the National Institute of Oriental Languages in Japanese (Paris). He began working in Japan in 1966 as a diplomat and then founded the PMC group in 1974.
He has contributed to the success and the establishment of more than 10 joint ventures, of which the cumulated wholesale sales figures are over 50 billion yen, mainly in fashion and luxury fields.

Gaël Austin, President and Managing Director

Gael AustinAlso a graduate of France’s National Institute of Oriental Languages, where he majored in Japanese. He has been with the PMC group since 1975 and became a partner in 1982. Very active in the French business community in Japan, he was the President of the French Chamber of Commerce in Japan and is presently the president of the Japanese section of the French foreign trade advisors association and the president of the NGO “Doctors of the World” in Japan.

Martial Meyssignac, Managing Director

Martial MeyssignacHe studied at Lyon University and Georgetown University (Washington DC) and holds an MBA from EM Lyon. He came to Japan in 1988 and joined the PMC group in 1992. He was in charge of the promotion for the Region des Pays de la Loire in Japan and organized the venues of many entrepreneurial groups at the FOODEX trade fair.
As to his involvement in the French business community in Tokyo, he regularly works with the functional committee for the publication of the French Chamber of Commerce.

Régis Vérin, Managing Director

Regis VerinArrived in Japan in 1990, where he worked at the French Embassy in Tokyo for two years.
He has remained in Japan, devoting his career to assist European companies developing their business activities in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan.
He has over 15 years experience in fashion and accessories.

Together, the partners at PMC have expertise and practical knowledge in various fields, such as textiles, fashion (from ready-to-wear to haute couture), luxury goods, accessories, chemicals and energy, food and beverages, multimedia, technology and industry, cosmetics, interior design, automotive, and machinery, to name a few.

All the partners at PMC participate in the management of representative offices and the Japanese subsidiaries of European companies.

TOPTOP